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BOLD insights — 155 episodes

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Should schools exclude children?

2

What supports do young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities need?

3

How important is parents’ mental health for children?

4

Why do children need friends?

5

When pupils look attentive but their minds have wandered

6

Should maths classrooms change in the AI era?

7

Do children benefit from older mentors?

8

Robotics education that centers young people

9

Why hitting children doesn’t help

10

How do children learn through everyday experiences?

11

The promise and practical gaps in the 2026 SEND reforms

12

Why we need to change the narrative around adolescence

13

What factors contribute to high-quality early childhood services?

14

What helps teachers navigate sensitive topics in the classroom?

15

How are the COVID babies doing 5 years on?

16

Can teen mental health problems be prevented in school?

17

How do children develop spatial reasoning?

18

Why do children approach learning in different ways?

19

Can the science of learning improve global education?

20

Where is AI in education heading?

21

Why children need to understand money

22

When the bullies follow you home: How cyberbullying hurts children

23

How do children learn to navigate their world?

24

There’s no single right way to parent

25

How to deal with sensitive topics in the classroom

26

When helping your child hurts their progress

27

How teenagers use music to deal with emotions

28

Why corporal punishment should be banned globally

29

Learning to learn in kindergarten

30

Can conversational AI support children’s wellbeing?

31

Handwriting versus typing for children’s literacy

32

The power of parents in helping kids beat academic stress

33

How schools can adapt to teens’ sleep rhythms

34

How movement helps children learn

35

Body image struggles affect boys too

36

Why children’s language and emotion regulation go hand in hand

37

Why girls need more outdoor playtime

38

The good and bad of kids’ boredom

39

How do we know what works in education?

40

Why children need creativity

41

Supporting children with special educational needs helps everyone

42

What affects children’s motivation to work hard?

43

Why can’t we remember our early childhoods?

44

How to create joyful connections with children

45

Helping children learn from each other

46

How parents can make their children feel more loved

47

Should young people be banned from using smartphones?

48

How do patterns help children learn language and social skills?

49

Are we bridging the gap from brain scan to lesson plan?

50

Why do children use loopholes?

51

How is victimization at school linked to depression?

52

Using edtech to personalize learning

53

How do motor impairments affect learning?

54

How metacognition can bridge the attainment gap

55

What helps autistic children flourish at school?

56

How can teachers support children with ADHD?

57

Gaming as a family

58

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

59

The power of playing with your child

60

How to support highly sensitive children in class

61

What do books teach children about race and gender?

62

Aggressive children too, can be victimized in the classroom

63

How do children develop positive self-beliefs?

64

How to support girls in sports

65

Might creative dance lessons improve children’s learning?

66

How can analogies promote learning?

67

Supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities

68

Measuring brainwaves to understand what supports children's learning

69

Measuring brainwaves to understand how children pay attention

70

How to help children who avoid school

71

Measuring brainwaves to understand how children learn

72

Can we embrace generative AI in education?

73

Encouraging creative play

74

How to help children recognize the humanity in others

75

How important are healthy relationships for children?

76

What makes every child different?

77

How does stress affect teenagers?

78

Genes don’t define your destiny in education

79

How well do you understand your child's development?

80

Why children need a balanced diet to thrive

81

The delicate art of raising children’s self-esteem

82

How can children use language to support their mental health?

83

How does physical activity benefit classroom learning?

84

What’s the best way to teach kids decimals?

85

Can EdTech promote inclusion for conflict-affected children?

86

Why children can benefit from using their fingers for math

87

How do games affect children's development?

88

Giving children agency in an era of artificial intelligence

89

Do children benefit from forest school?

90

How play streets can boost learning

91

Do kids benefit from making art in nature?

92

Joyful teaching and deeper learning in kindergarten

93

Taking play seriously

94

Harnessing the hidden strengths of children in poverty

95

Proponents and opponents of private education need to work together

96

How to help children cope with war trauma

97

What lessons can we learn from educational innovations developed during the pandemic?

98

Supporting children with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

99

Let's help teachers address students' learning needs

100

ChatGPT: Educational friend or foe?

101

How do children help each other?

102

What motivates students to learn?

103

Digital books for children affected by war

104

How might parents’ speech impact children’s development?

105

How the brain changes as children learn to read

106

The impact of COVID-19 prenatal stress on child development

107

What happens when students experience the power of their brains?

108

How has the pandemic shaped sibling relationships?

109

Bedtime routines aren’t just for babies

110

Should adolescents start school later?

111

Does access to nature matter for children’s learning and wellbeing?

112

Teen mental health is on a spectrum

113

What’s the most effective way to learn the times table?

114

Adapting to individual needs enables children to thrive together

115

The challenges of implementing EdTech solutions for conflict-affected children

116

Can EdTech support more than learning for conflict-affected children?

117

Has the COVID-19 crisis affected reading development?

118

What makes a happy school?

119

The benefits of adventurous play

120

The promising world of children's digital books

121

How can media exposure affect a child's body image?

122

Protecting children's right to play

123

What makes a happy teacher? (and why it matters to learners)

124

The benefits of helping children understand emotions

125

Building resilience to protect teen mental health

126

How can schools help children manage climate anxiety?

127

How are the parents?

128

Alexa, can you support kids’ social-emotional learning?

129

Can EdTech bridge learning gaps for conflict-affected children?

130

Searching for the right balance of agency in EdTech

131

Rethinking preschool maths

132

Playful learning makes for joyful parenting

133

Do children need phonics to read English?

134

What motivates children to read?

135

Could teaching children empathy reduce bullying?

136

Working memory in the classroom

137

What's your mission as a teacher?

138

How does metacognition help children learn?

139

Talking to babies may have a positive impact on their brains

140

How bilingualism affects a child's world

141

What kinds of mental health support do teens want?

142

Transforming education to help children thrive together

143

How to spot a highly sensitive child

144

How do children generate new ideas?

145

What are the impacts of childhood adversity?

146

Could playing video games impact learning ability?

147

How does morality develop in children as they mature?

148

The role of early interventions in improving the lives of children

149

Understanding the adolescent brain

150

How do genes and environment interact?

151

Understanding the effects of poverty on child development, with Greg Duncan

152

Dante Cicchetti on overcoming adversity

153

What makes us human? With Michael Tomasello

154

Could studying children teach us about ageing?

155

Laurence Steinberg on risk-taking in adolescents